Opinel to make the Néo6 with "opiflex"

[353]

It's too bad opinel gives us a chore to do first off, the blunted tip really nerfs the knife
Because using the knife with the blunted tip really gets in the way, so you can buy it, use as is, buy it and file it down to make a tip, at that point why not just buy the 05?
Or, buy a model with a virobloc and, a tip and be good?
The Néo6 is a good kids knife

To me it was a fun little project. Pretty easy.

And the 05 is smaller and I personally dont like the virobloc at all. The Opiflex lock is nice, hope they put it on more knives.

 

[screened porch]

Does the spring consist of what looks like a cut-out tab on the back of the ferule?

 

[ShaiHulud]

Does the spring consist of what looks like a cut-out tab on the back of the ferule?

I don't know, almost seems so, but i don't see it move at all while cycling the knife. It does have some glue on the inside of it though
Kind of chintzy looking.

 

[Henry Beige]

They do give tutorials on how to tighten the ring. And show the part where they remove the virobloc locking ring with a brandless snap ring pliers

If you have a snap ring pliers, a needle-nose vise-grip and a Dremel, you can get rid of the nub and grind a new ramp in about fifteen minutes. You don’t need a tutorial.

 

[353]

Does the spring consist of what looks like a cut-out tab on the back of the ferule?

I don't know, almost seems so, but i don't see it move at all while cycling the knife. It does have some glue on the inside of it though
Kind of chintzy looking.

Here it is. You can se it move outwards ever so slightly right before going in to locked or open position.

 

[screened porch]

Here it is. You can se it move outwards ever so slightly right before going in to locked or open position.

Pretty clever. I'll have to get one.

 

[r8shell]

Here it is. You can se it move outwards ever so slightly right before going in to locked or open position.

Would you say this splits the difference in pull strength between a full backspring, and a friction folder? Interesting.

Pretty clever. I'll have to get one.

I almost expect it to be shaped like a bee, but that would be trademark infringement.

 

[353]

Would you say this splits the difference in pull strength between a full backspring, and a friction folder? Interesting.


I almost expect it to be shaped like a bee, but that would be trademark infringement.

The retention in both open and closed position is not great, but it works perfectly fine.

In between open and closed its pretty loose and sloppy feeling, but no play.

 

[ShaiHulud]

The retention in both open and closed position is not great, but it works perfectly fine.

In between locked and closed its pretty loose and sloppy feeling, but no play.

Yet

 

[353]

Yet

Its wood in the pivot, its more likely to get more stiff as the wood will slightly swell with use.

 

[ShaiHulud]

Its wood in the pivot, its more likely to get more stiff as the wood will slightly swell with use.

That's what I did with this 07, I peened the rivet because the blade was loose and it didn't tightenthe friction...
so I just ran it through water to swell the wood and that did the trick, for a couple days anyway

 

[353]

That's what I did with this 07, I peened the rivet because the blade was loose and it didn't tightenthe friction...
so I just ran it through water to swell the wood and that did the trick, for a couple days anyway

I dont think thats a common opinel problem. I have 10 and all fine.

I hear from time to time about people having trouble the other way around, even to the point the pivot is completely stuck. Nothing some drops of oil couldnt prevent.

 

[EngrSorenson]

I think you misread my post. Opinel never encouraged users to lever the ring off with the blade. This can happen inadvertently if you try to open the blade with the ring in the locked position, it’s a bug, not a feature. It happened once to me, and to at least a few other people

Perhaps I did, and if I misunderstood, I apologize.

 

[EngrSorenson]

Here it is. You can se it move outwards ever so slightly right before going in to locked or open position.

Is it just my imagination, or is that a much more smooth transition between the wood and the ferrule? It looks like there’s some polish to the execution here.

 

[353]

Is it just my imagination, or is that a much more smooth transition between the wood and the ferrule? It looks like there’s some polish to the execution here.

Much smoother, there is no need to make place for the virobloc ring anymore.

I have filed and sanded of ANY slightly sharp edges on the metal here so thats probably what comes across as polish. The knife is delivered OK in this regard but I tend to like complete smootheness for knives that are potential pocket floaters.

 

[EngrSorenson]

Much smoother, there is no need to make place for the virobloc ring anymore.

I have filed and sanded of ANY slightly sharp edges on the metal here so thats probably what comes across as polish. The knife is delivered OK in this regard but I tend to like complete smootheness for knives that are potential pocket floaters.

Sorry, when I said “polish” I meant “attention to execution” as opposed to actual polishing.

Understood regarding not needed space for the Virobloc, but if you look at numbers 2-5, they don’t have a virobloc, but they still have one heck of a shoulder. They really worked this design. I’m pretty impressed.

 

[353]

Sorry, when I said “polish” I meant “attention to execution” as opposed to actual polishing.

Understood regarding not needed space for the Virobloc, but if you look at numbers 2-5, they don’t have a virobloc, but they still have one heck of a shoulder. They really worked this design. I’m pretty impressed.

Yes its nice executed as well. Checkering is cool!

I suspect the 2-5 have the shoulders bc they use the same production steps as the 6-12 but just more or less skip the ring. Just a theory though, cant remember how a pre virobloc(1955) version looks, I imagine they dont have the big shoulder.

 

[ShaiHulud]

Much smoother, there is no need to make place for the virobloc ring anymore.

I have filed and sanded of ANY slightly sharp edges on the metal here so thats probably what comes across as polish. The knife is delivered OK in this regard but I tend to like complete smootheness for knives that are potential pocket floaters.

I've been meaning to ask, any specific reason why you don't like the virobloc locking ring?

 

[ShaiHulud]

Yes its nice executed as well. Checkering is cool!

I suspect the 2-5 have the shoulders bc they use the same production steps as the 6-12 but just more or less skip the ring. Just a theory though, cant remember how a pre virobloc(1955) version looks, I imagine they dont have the big shoulder.

It would be interesting to see them offer 6 -10 without a locking ring. But i suppose that would feel like walking backward to them progress wise--- however they have just essentially released a slipjoint so...

 

[353]

I've been meaning to ask, any specific reason why you don't like the virobloc locking ring?

Its fiddly, its a very weak lock and it harvests lint n shit under/in it. Prob more reasons too that I cant recall atm.

I prefer to take it off and use Opinels as the kind of friction folder it was pre 1955.